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Four aspects of helpful inner focus: 1.) reducing negative states

19th October 2008

I started meditating regularly while I was still at university in the early 1970's.  I then went on a number of meditation retreats and visited a whole series of monasteries and ashrams.  By the late 70's I had a good deal of experience of a fruit salad of methods including vipassana, zen, yoga relaxation, pranayama, dynamic meditation, hypnosis, chanting, and several other approaches.  I...

Vegged out & fruitless: lifestyle & health

18th October 2008

Last month's BMJ published another in the long line of research articles that highlight the huge importance of lifestyle choices for our health:

Dam, R. M. v., T. Li, et al. (2008). "Combined impact of lifestyle factors on mortality: prospective cohort study in US women." BMJ 337(sep16_2): a1440-  [...